The results, however, still came in slightly above the
market expectation of 51.8 billion yen, according to seven
analysts polled by Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

Nissan sold 4.94 million vehicles in calendar year 2012
globally, up 5.8 percent from 2011, but sales in China, its
biggest market, fell 31.3 percent on average in October-December
from a year ago after anti-Japan protests broke out in
September.